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Kamille 117

Kamille
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I didn't know either that there was a traditional set of characters in the mainland. I knew for Japan and HK, though, because every area has its own specific preferences for different 異體字, but I'm just surprised by the possibility that mainlanders would still be using traditional characters, even written slightly differently.

Can you tell us more about it, xiaokaka? Is it only a regional thing that only old people use in certain areas or is it approved by the government?

"From right to left: Kangxi Dictionary forms, Mainland China standard, Hong Kong standard, Taiwan standard, Japanese standard. Areas in the rightmost column where there are significant differences among different standards are highlighted in yellow. (玄 is not written completely in the Kangxi Dictionary because 玄 is a character in the Kangxi Emperor's given name, 玄燁. It was taboo to write a character in the emperor's given name.)"